Re: Porting to new Python version

2009-02-19 Thread Michele Simionato
On Feb 19, 1:50 pm, Gabor Urban wrote: > Hi, > > I have a tough issue: we are using a Python application written quite > a time ago for version 2.4. The code is mature, and there are no bugs. >  My bosses came up with the idea to port it to the latest release... I > am not really convinced that it

Re: Porting to new Python version

2009-02-19 Thread andrew cooke
maybe i should clarify that "easy" below is going to be relative. the process may end up being very hard due to various other reasons. what i was trying to explain is that (1) 3 is probably going to require a separate branch from 2; (2) that 2.6 and 3 can both be considered "latest"; (3) movi

Re: Porting to new Python version

2009-02-19 Thread Steve Holden
Gabor Urban wrote: > Hi, > > I have a tough issue: we are using a Python application written quite > a time ago for version 2.4. The code is mature, and there are no bugs. > My bosses came up with the idea to port it to the latest release... I > am not really convinced that it's a good step. > >

Re: Porting to new Python version

2009-02-19 Thread andrew cooke
i don't know what the context is, so it's hard for me to comment on the decision (i assume there are commerical pressures like customers not wanting to install old versions). however,if you go ahead, you need to think about exactly what you want to target. the latest version is really 3.0.1. mo

Re: Porting to new Python version

2009-02-19 Thread Kottiyath
On Feb 19, 5:50 pm, Gabor Urban wrote: > Hi, > > I have a tough issue: we are using a Python application written quite > a time ago for version 2.4. The code is mature, and there are no bugs. >  My bosses came up with the idea to port it to the latest release... I > am not really convinced that it

Porting to new Python version

2009-02-19 Thread Gabor Urban
Hi, I have a tough issue: we are using a Python application written quite a time ago for version 2.4. The code is mature, and there are no bugs. My bosses came up with the idea to port it to the latest release... I am not really convinced that it's a good step. I wellcome any information pro and